Dessers' brace not enough as Cremonese lose five-goal thriller to Sassuolo

Cyriel Dessers scored twice while David Okereke could not get his name on the scoresheet as Cremonese lost 3-2 to Sassuolo in an Italian Serie A match at Mapei Stadium - Città del Tricolore on Monday. 

The defeat was Cremonese's fifteenth of the season, leaving them nineteenth on the log with 12 points, thirteen matches to the end of the season.
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Sassuolo took the lead through Armand Lauriente's beautiful free kick in the 26th minute before Davide Frattesi doubled their lead in the 41st minute from a back heel pass from Lauriente.

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Dessers came on for Felix Afena Gyan at the start of the second half. 

The Nigeria international scored his first goal of the evening when he capitalized on a misplaced header from a Sassuolo defender and finished with aplomb in the 62nd minute.

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The 28-year-old bagged his brace in the 83rd minute when he rounded the goalkeeper and slotted home from an acute angle to turn the game on its head. 
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In the second minute of stoppage time, the home team snatched all three points thanks to Nedim Bajrami's stunning strike.

Dessers, a summer signing from Racing Genk, has now netted six goals in 20 appearances across all competitions for the Lombardy club. 

Abdulkareem Abdulhamid

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